Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 05Dec2006 15:54, joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | >> On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 10:18 +0800, Hadders wrote: | >> > > cd /oldpart; find . -xdev | cpio -padm /newpart | >The cpio command doesn't preserve the timestamp on directories. Who cares? Directory timestamps change all the time:-)
Erm... Apparently he does.
| >The tar version does: | >cd /oldpart | >tar cvf - . | ( cd /newpart ; tar xf -)| | I thought, that a "cp -a" would do the same....True. But a pair of cpios or tars pipes together is faster. And "cp -a" almost certainly breaks hard links. You'd start with one file with two names in the original and end up with two separate files in the copy. Ugh.
Is there an archive format which does handle links properly? I'm talking about being able to store stuff on CDROM and get it back.
BTW, if using "rsync -a", make sure you add "-H" as well; -a does not include it.
Mike
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